Cementing Functions
This string of casing is responsible for isolating and protecting fresh water zones.
What is the surface casing
This is the primary cause of cement job failures.
What is poor mud removal?!
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What are the Chicago Cubs?
Joseph Foran and this individual co-founded Matador Resources Company in July 2003 in Dallas with an initial $6 million equity investment from friends and family, building on predecessor companies that give the organization more than 40 years of heritage.
Who is Scott E. King?
This is the most commonly used method to set a plug in a well.
What is a balanced plug?
The evaluation method is commonly used immediately following a surface cementing job when cement did not return to surface.
What is a temperature log?
Nine recommends bringing this cement 500 ft above the KOP.
What is the production casing tail cement?
This is the cemented area divided by the annular area.
What is the Displacement Efficiency?
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Who are the Dave Matthews Band?
Effective April 21, 2026, this long-tenured leader was promoted from Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Robert T. Macalik.
Who is Christopher Calvert?
What is 1,000 ft?
A pressure pass can aid in confirming the presence of this.
What is a microannulus?
The Rail Road Commission requires this cement to have a minimum 72 hour compressive strength of 250 psi.
What is the surface casing filler (lead) cement?
The maximum velocity is defined by this when designing centralizer type and placement.
What is the wide side of the hole?
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In the fourth quarter of 2025, Matador achieved its highest average daily production in company history at this rate:
What is 211,290 BOE per day?
When pulling out of a balanced plug, we recommend going no faster than this speed to minimize the chance of contamination.
What is 45 ft/min?
The amplitude is determined by the acoustic signal returning to this receiver.
What is the 3 ft receiver?
The Rail Road Commission requires the minimum length of this cement to be 300 ft.
What is the Critical Zone Cement?
Circulating the entire (annular and casing capacity) hole volume this many times typically yields a displacement efficiency of 92% and is recommended prior to cementing.
What is two hole volumes?
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What is the Scarborough Renaissance Festival?
To improve natural gas pricing and reduce exposure to the Waha Hub, Matador secured 500,000 MMBtu per day of firm transportation capacity on this new Energy Transfer pipeline, expected to begin flowing gas to the Gulf Coast and Henry Hub markets in late 2026.
What is the Hugh Brinson Pipeline?
If a squeeze slurry's fluid loss value is too low, then this will most likely not occur.
What is a sucessful low pressure squeeze? Even with squeeze pressure, fluid will not exit the slurry and create the necessary node. A low pressure squeeze will not be obtainable, and only a high pressure squeeze will occur.
This is the free pipe amplitude of 5 1/2" casing.
What is 72mv?
If a temperature log is run on an intermediate casing, the top of cement must be this many feet above any productive, corrosive or potential flow zones.
What is 250 ft?
This is the minimum recommended volume of spacer to pump ahead of any cement slurries.
What is a 10 min contact time or 1,000 ft of fill, whichever is greater.
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What is Dickies Arena?
In The Dallas Morning News’ ranking of the top 150 publicly traded companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by 2024 revenue, Matador advanced 11 spots to this position while also being named the most profitable public company per employee among the top 50 companies in the region.
What is 36th?
This is where cement slurries should be spotted prior to attempting a hesitation squeeze.
Where is below the work string and/or cement retainer?
These are easily observed in free pipe and sometimes seen with low compressive strength cement.
What are casing collars or "chevrons?"